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Universal Medication Form
9/20/2005 8:25:04 AM
User Comments on Universal Medication Form
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Gail Flitcraft
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Re: Universal Medication Form
10/11/2009 6:20:40 PM
A Universal Medication Form is critical when it comes to patient care. I am a CT Technologist. Many of our patients do not know what medications they are taking. We have patients who say that they take "a little white pill" for their diabetes! What pill is it? They don't know. Because IV contrast for a CT may interact with some medications for diabetes we MUST find out what the patient is taking BEFORE the exam! This requires multiple phone calls to doctors offices and pharmacies. It not only takes time, but if this happens during the doctors office's lunch hour or if the office is closed, it results in a delay or a complete rescheduling of the exam. We do give patients a form similar to this but it also includes the pharmacy name and number. I believe that this form should begin with the physicians offices. That is where the medications are prescribed and this is where the importance of the form should be explained to the patient - not in the CT department. This form is critical in so many situations and will help the patient, doctors, nurses, technologists, paramedics and many others in the event of an emergency.
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Re: Universal Medication Form
10/15/2009 5:27:38 PM
I agree with you that one way to make the process more reliable is for patients to carry a medication list. There are efforts to develop an electronic list, culled from many data sources. In the meantime, a paper list will do fine. The question is who is responsible for keeping the list up to date? I believe that we all own a piece of this process and we must work together to find the best practices to ensure that the list is up to date.
I am advocating for a national campaign for all patients to carry a list. I suggest that if someone does not take medications, they have a card on their person indicating so. Will prevent a lot of work and rework in the event of an accident.
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